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Read this who are using MS office 2007.
eEye Digital Security said today that it's found the first Office 2007 remote code vulnerability and has alerted Microsoft's bug team.

The terse warning posted to eEye's Upcoming Advisories site tags Publisher 2007, the desktop and Web publishing program included with some editions of Office, as the flawed application. "A remotely exploitable flaw exists within Publisher 2007 that allows arbitrary code to be executed in the context of the logged in user," the alert read. eEye rated the vulnerability as "high," and reported it to Microsoft a week ago.

Now order original Microsoft copy either on the telephone or online.

Microsoft has announced that consumers and small businesses can now order original software either on the telephone or online.

The company says that this initiative, which is aimed at providing customers with easier access to original software, has been made possible through partnerships with Indiatimes.com and Redington.

Is Linux gaining popularity or Windows loosing popularity?

Let's guess who gains the popularity.

The new team of leaders at Dell Inc. is weighing whether to allow customers to opt for PCs with the Linux operating system instead of the default Windows after thousands of users voted for the idea on a company blog.

The idea appeared Friday on a company-hosted blog called Dell Idea Storm. CEO Michael Dell unveiled the blog Feb. 16 as part of his effort to reinvigorate the struggling company. Dell said he hoped to use the blog to collect users' feedback and improve customer service.

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AMD launches a new Energy Efficient Processor in order to save the energy consumption.

AMD has introduced new desktop processors designed for users seeking the ultimate in energy-conscious high-performance computing.

The new energy-efficient processors include 45-watt Athlon 64 single-core processors 3500+ and 3800+, and the Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor 6000+.

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Fujitsu is planning to release a 300GB SATA hard drive for notebooks.,

The vendor argues that the capacity of these kind of drives is now so high that they can replace the need for 3.5-inch desktop PC hard drives, which traditionally have offered greater storage capabilities.

Fujitsu will utilize perpendicular recording to achieve the new level of 300GB. Its 2.5-inch drive, called the MHX2300BT, is scheduled for release in February 2007.

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Second free service pack for SQL Server 2005 database application released by Microsoft

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2--a large, recommended bundle of tweaks--aims to make the database software compatible with Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system and Office 2007 suite. The update, released Monday, also adds a number of data compression, manageability and interoperability enhancements.

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Intel has confirmed plans to ship its next-generation wireless chips ahead of its previous schedule for bringing 802.11n wireless to its Centrino program.

The Next-Gen Wireless-N product will appear in notebooks from companies such as Acer, Gateway and Toshiba by the end of this month, Dave Hofer, director of wireless marketing for the company, said Tuesday.

The new Wi-Fi chip is based on the draft 802.11n wireless standard, which is on track to be finalized later this year. It will become the newest piece of Intel's Centrino package of chips, which includes the Core 2 Duo processor, a mobile chipset and a wireless chip.

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BenQ has announced an affordable home entertainment solution with its newly launched MP510 projector. The projector is expected to give a new meaning to gaming and movie watching for home users.

Commenting on the product, Ish Bawa, Marcom Head, BenQ India, said, "This is an ideal portable home solution for big screen enjoyment, it has a dual tone finish externally, and can fit any lifestyle living room perfectly. With lifestyle gaming becoming more popular with products like X-box and PS3, the sports crazy enthusiast would be rushing to the nearest sports bar during the upcoming cricket world cup to watch their favorite players perform in life-size pictures; also the increased number of lifestyle multiplexes have further added to the need to bring home the experience of big screen movie watching. Compared to yester year cinemas, this is premier lifestyle film viewing with a much better experience. The automatic wall color adjustment feature that adjusts according to the background is very helpful."

IBM has opened the public beta program for the next version of its Informix database server and announced plans for a bundled Linux package for smaller businesses.

The upgrade to IBM's Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) is code-named Cheetah. The final version is due out sometime later this year and will offer new features for application developers, better support for hierarchical data structures and improved query capabilities across multiple instances of the database, IBM announced Thursday.

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Be aware of the following threat for your Home Internet Connection, if you are using router to connect to the internet
That you should change the default password on your home router - whether wired or wireless, has been ascertained by security researchers at Symantec and Indiana University. The researchers have discovered that attackers can change the configuration of home routers using that 'usual suspect', JavaScript code.

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Is open-source still a grassroots social movement made up of idealistic underdogs trying to revolutionize an amoral industry? Or has it become a cloak used by IT vendors large and small to disguise ruthless and self-serving behavior?

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While surfing on internet I found this article and want share with all members.
A new concept in web hosting field.

Citing increased demand from Web developers and their clients, a Toronto-based Web hosting company today said it will begin letting customers build and host Web sites running both Microsoft Windows and Linux applications at the same time.

Netfirms Inc. has built its own clustering technology, which allows customers to manage Windows and Linux applications -- each running on separate server grids operated by Netfirms -- transparently through a single account, according to Thomas Savundra, president of Netfirms.

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With the rapidly growing mobile phone usage in the country, the concern regarding the safety and responsible usage of it is also at a rise. To deal with this, Samsung unveiled a new range of mobile phones dubbed as "Mobile Tracker Phones" exclusively for the Indian market.

With this new range, the company is targeting all segments of the society as the three mobiles SGH-C140, SGH-X520, and SGH-E250 are entry level and mid-range models.

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This content was published in Linux For You magazine and I am reproducing it for the benefits of ITVidya members.

Motorola has come with a new music-enabled mobile that syncs its Linux operating system with Microsoft's Windows Media player on Windows XP, as well as on PCs running Vista.

Motorola also announced a new music handset that uses Enhanced Data GSM Envoriment (EDGE). EDGE is a faster version of Global Slandered for Mobile Communications (GSM) services that enables data to be delivered at speed up to 384 K bits/ sec. Doubled the MOTOMING with EDGE, the handset is also linux based device. It, however uses the RealPlayer Media player.

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According to reports, developers have completed the first phase of a Microsoft-sponsored open source project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications file formats.

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